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what kind of goods were Americans keen to buy at the end of the second world War?
consumer goods
what was the name for the huge shopping centres built on the edge of town?
malls
What proportion of households had a TV by the end of the 1950s?
9/10
what percentage of the worlds manufactured goods were made in the USA?
65%
which group of people were helped financially by the GI bill?
veterans
what was the name given to Truman‘s proposals to tackle poverty?
fair deal
what percentage of the population continue to live in poverty?
25%
which group of people had an income that was less than a quarter of the average factory earnings?
elderly
what was the average age which a woman got married in 1950?
20
